Waterproof protector for ladies&#39; hats



W. D. L. BUSBY.

WATERPROOF PROTECTOR FOR LADIES HATS.

APPLICATION FILED Alums, TSIB- 1,33 1 1 42. Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

I/ivE/vTOR WILLIAM DAVID LIDZEY BUSBY, OF GLIFTON-UPON-DUNSMORE, ENGLAND.

WATERPROOF PROTECTOR FOR LADIES HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application filed August 26, 1918. Serial No. 251,554.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DAVID LID- ZEY BUSBY, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at The School House, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, in the county of Warwick, England, schoolmaster, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waterproof Protectors for Ladies Hats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in waterproof hat protectors and has for its object an improved construction of such devices whereby any rain running or falling off the protector or covering is caused to fall clear of the wearers neck.

My invention broadly consists in providin an attachable waterproof cover for 1a ies hats, with a brim or extension near the brim of the hat to cause the rain that drips from the cover to fall clear of the wearers head and neck.

In order that the details of construction and action of my invention may be more clearly understood reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are under plan and vertical section respectively of a hat protector without a veil.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a modified form.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A is the waterproof crown, E is a circular band of lining material, the outer circumference F of which is firmly secured to the crown at a short distance from its outer periphery, while at the inner circumference of the band E a hem G is formed to receive tightening cords, or runners portions of which are represented at H and H With this construction the crown of the protector is placed over the hat with the circular band extending under the rim of the hat, leaving the outer periphery of the crown projecting outwardly from the point of attachment of the band E to the edge so that the rain drips from the outer edge or extension K.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the

outer periphery of the crown A is folded over upon itself, and the outer circumference F of the band E is sewn or otherwise secured to the double thickness at a short distance from its outer edge, so that the extension L thus formed consists of a double thickness of waterproof material.

While I have described in the foregoing specification the construction of parts pre ferred, I am aware that changes of con- .struction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by the positive terms employed in connection with the description except such as the state of the art may require.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States of Amer- 10a 1s 1. In a detachable protector or cover for hats, a flat circular crown portion of waterproof material, a circular band of lining material attached along its outer circumference to said crown portion, a hem formed around the inner circumference of said band, tightening cords passing through said hem, to provide grips for tightening purposes, and an annular projecting extension on the edge of said crown portion for the purposes described.

2. In a detachable protector or cover for hats, a flat circular crown portion of waterproof material, a circular band of lining material, attached along its outer circumference to the crown portion at a point a short distance from its outer periphery so as to leave an annular projecting extension, a hem formed around the inner circumference of said band, and tightening cords passing through said hem to provide grips for tightening purposes, substantially as described.

Signed at Clifton this 2nd day of August, 1918.

WILLIAM DAVID LIDZEY BUSBY.

Witnesses:

DORA HULL, MARGUERITE TRAGEY KNIGHT. 

